Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four: Steve Kerr's Plan

The next day, the headlines of major sports media were pictures of Grizzlies players stacking Arhat on the court to celebrate.

Link's super lore in the last 14 seconds continued this season after he pulled the bar after rebounding and counter-lore the Thunder under the defense of the Big Three, and once again received the treatment of rolling TV broadcasts.

Another particularly hot photo is of Popovich's lonely expression during an interview at a press conference after the game.

The old man, who has always been full of confidence, showed fatigue after the loss in this game.

This one-point loss seems to be even more shocking than the first ten-point loss.

The Spurs have done their best, and Danny Green has unleashed his full power.

But in the end, all these efforts came to nothing in the last 14 seconds. I have to say, it's really shocking.

Link's 14-second shot also made the series 2-0.

Usually, the consensus is that a team trailing 3-0 is the end of the game. But in reality, being 2-0 down isn't much better.

Throughout the history of the NBA, the probability of a comeback in a 0-2 situation is only 6. In the history of the Spurs, there have been a total of 12 cases where the Spurs fell behind 0 to 2, 11 of which the Spurs were eventually eliminated, and the loss rate was as high as 917!

The only time the Spurs came back from a 2-0 deficit was in 2007-08. That season, the defending champion Spurs were in big trouble in the Western Conference semifinals. They met with the Hornets, who had just risen because of Paul. The Spurs lost 19 and 18 points in the first two games, both big defeats.

As a result, after arriving at home, the Spurs turned the tide and took advantage of the Hornets' own shortcomings of instability and inexperience to launch a Jedi counterattack.

In the end, the tenacious Spurs dragged the series to tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, the old-fashioned Spurs had the last laugh, taking out the Hornets by 9 points and advancing to the Western Conference finals without a hitch.

This is the only 0-2 comeback record in the history of the Spurs.

But now, the situation is completely different from then. The Grizzlies are not the Hornets, and no one thinks the 2007-08 Hornets can compare to the 74-win Grizzlies.

At that time, the "queen bee" Paul was only in the third grade, and he was still not mature enough. Moreover, the Hornets' hard power is completely incomparable with the Grizzlies. Although the Hornets were second in the Western Conference that year, they only won 56 games.

With 56 wins this season, he can't even make it into the top four in the Western Conference.

Therefore, the outside world almost unanimously believes that the San Antonio Spurs are over. Their failure is already a sure thing.

Maybe the Spurs can pull a game back at home and get a little face back. But 90 people think that the Grizzlies will eliminate the Spurs at most 6 games.

It seems that the Spurs only lost to the Grizzlies by one point in the last game, as if things were not that serious. If it wasn't for Link's early shot, the Spurs would have won the last shot.

But everyone knows that the second game has been all the strength the Spurs can do. Just like this, I can't take down the Grizzlies cleanly.

They won't get any more chances after that.

After all, the Spurs can't play every game that well. But the Grizzlies can easily do better than Game 2.

In the second game of the series, Link made only 2 of 9 three-pointers. Here, even if Link made two more three-pointers, the game would not be so anxious.

Link's three-point shooting is more accurate than in the second game, isn't it easy? After all, Link has rarely had such a hard time all season.

So, the Grizzlies are now almost eating the Spurs to death. Even many local San Antonio fans have recognized this, causing many fans to lose their enthusiasm to go to the field to watch the game.

And this finally allowed the Spurs Finals tickets to experience an unprecedented price reduction!

This is the first time the world realizes that basketball in San Antonio may really be about to change. The glory of gdp is a thing of the past.

Before that, someone had already realized the old state of the Spurs, and also realized that a new storm was about to blow in the league.

The power of the Grizzlies, one big and four small, was undoubtedly revealed in the Western Conference finals. It turns out that the league has completely entered the era of smaller, faster, and farther from the basket!

Who can hit the small lineup to the extreme, whoever can win!

Steve Kerr trusted his judgment, so he sat down here, in the office of Warriors general manager Bob Myers.

"I'm glad we can reach an agreement, Steve. I believe that our cooperation can be brilliant." Miles happily put away the contract and looked at the man opposite him who was still sitting on the commentary platform a month ago to explain the game. guy.

Thinking about everything that has happened in the past month, it's actually quite a surprise.

After the regular season, those teams that did not enter the playoffs naturally began to prepare for the transformation of the team immediately. The Knicks, who have a superstar like Anthony but fail to make the playoffs, are the first team that wants to change.

After the new officer took office as the three fires, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson has been planning to transform the team since he became the general manager of the Knicks in March. The first thing Jackson did when he came to the Knicks was to move his triangle offense to New York!

To play the triangle offense, Jackson wanted to find a head coach who really mastered the triangle offense. Over the past few years, many coaches who claim to be proficient in the triangle offense have rolled over. But in Jackson's eyes, there is one person who can really reproduce the triangle offense.

He is Jackson's former lover Steve Kerr!

Although Kerr has been retired for a long time, most of the time after his retirement has been working in television. But Kerr still left some cachet in the league during his time as general manager for the Suns.

Everyone knows that Kerr is a basketball-savvy guy. He understands the game of basketball as much as the guys and guys who are coaching.

After learning that Kerr really wanted to join the coaching industry, Phil Jackson decisively fired former coach Mike Woodson, and contacted Kerr as soon as the regular season ended.

Also, Jackson has no plan b. From beginning to end, his goal was only Cole.

If Kerr doesn't come, the Knicks don't have a head coach, not even a candidate. But "Zen Master" firmly believes that with his personal relationship with Cole, Cole can't refuse!

What's more, the four-year 20 million price offered by the Knicks is already a high salary in the head coaching industry.

Everyone in the outside world and the "Zen Master" think the same way. Everyone thinks that Kerr's joining the Knicks is a sure thing. After all, he is the successor of the triangle attack appointed by the "Zen Master".

However, Kerr unexpectedly rejected the Knicks and his mentor Jackson, and completed the signing with the Golden State Warriors like lightning!

Of course, people don't know yet about Kerr's signing with the Warriors because the contract has just been signed. However, it is estimated that in an hour, the Warriors will officially announce the result.

Bob Myers was also a little surprised to sign Kerr. After Myers fired former coach Mark Jackson, the first target was originally Stan Van Gundy.

Little do they know that the Pistons actually let Van Gundy be the head coach and president of basketball affairs, and they "caught" Van Gundy in one fell swoop.

At this time, Miles tentatively contacted Cole. It's just that he didn't expect that Cole quickly agreed to meet. And one week later today, I signed a direct contract with the Warriors!

That's right, "Zen Master" and Cole have been in contact for a month. And the Warriors and Kerr have only been in contact for just one week!

So, looking back now, Miles feels incredible. Cole and the Warriors, at the beginning, couldn't hit each other with eight poles. But now, they have signed a contract.

"Can I ask you a question? Steve." After the signing, Miles couldn't help it, wondering why Kerr rejected the Knicks and chose the Warriors.

"Are you trying to ask me why I chose you?" Cole guessed Miles' doubts.

Miles nodded slightly.

"It's very simple, because I don't want to and I'm not likely to play a triangle offense. I remember I told you when I communicated before, I want to build a system according to my own thoughts in the Warriors, not play a triangle offense."

"It's really that simple?" Cole's answer surprised Miles. At first he thought the real reason for Kerr's rejection of New York was because of his unknowable bad relationship with "The Zen Master" and the Knicks.

But I didn't expect that Kerr's choice of the Warriors was really the reason for the tactical concept!

From the outside, the Warriors are actually more suitable for playing the triangle offense than the Knicks.

The Warriors' two big men, Bogut and David Lee, are both very good at passing and have some offensive ability. Harrison Barnes also has great passing ability and could be a playmaker in the role Scottie Pippen did. These configurations are not available to the Knicks.

But even so, Kerr really doesn't seem to have any plans to play the triangle offense.

"It's as simple as that, the triangle is out, Miles. I don't know if you watched the Grizzlies-Spurs series, and on the surface they're as strong as ever, no wonder. But in reality, they've proven A new era has come. Next season, I hope to play a small lineup in the Warriors. I have researched, and there is no team in the league that is more suitable for a small lineup than the Warriors! I believe that according to my thinking, the team will welcome the new season. Come to qualitative change!"    Looking at the confident Kerr, Miles is more and more looking forward to next season.   A coach who refuses the triangle offense and wants to build a system according to his own ideas. It sounds more reliable than those so-called "triangle attack successors".   "So do you have any suggestions for signings this summer?" Myers continued to ask. Now that he has signed, he certainly hopes that Kerr will get to work as soon as possible. "If we can, I hope we can take Andre Iguodala this summer. His contract with the Grizzlies ends this summer, and the Grizzlies need to re-sign Link this summer, and certainly can't fully satisfy Anon financially. Andre. Believe me, his joining will make us more successful." Kerr replied without hesitation, he had already prepared all the plans in his mind    The choice of the Warriors is not just a whim.